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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1999
Kazuaki Sakurai, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshinori Uchida, Shizuoka, JP;
Hirofumi Yamauchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoko Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsushi Sasaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroyuki Kanbayashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A connector connecting structure in which the manipulation of an operating member for effecting a fitting operation and a disconnecting operation can be effected by one motion. A pair of moving members, which are movable in a direction perpendicular to a connector-inserting direction, is mounted on a female connector. An operating member, which can be displaced between a preset position and a set position in accordance with the movement of the moving members, is mounted on the female connector. Guide grooves are formed in the moving members, and cam pins are formed on a male connector. The guide grooves and cam pins jointly constitute a cam unit. During a connector-inserting process from an insertion start position to a provisionally-fitted position, the moving members are moved by the cam grooves and cam pins of the cam unit so as to displace the operating member from the set position to the preset position, and during the connector-inserting process from the provisionally-fitted position to a completely-fitted position, the operating member is turned from the preset position to the set position so as to move the moving members through the cam unit, thereby drawing the male connector into the completely-fitted position.